A series of recordings put out by
Sonic Youth starting in the late 90's on their own
SYR label. They tend to be composed of
instrumentals,
noise,
improvisations and whirring
vacuum noises. The packaging of each
EP is done in a different language --
song titles, artist credits, engineer/producer, copyright, etc.
SYR 4 - Goodbye 20th Century isn't written up here, because it doesn't fit the theme. It's a two-disc set of covers of modern composers, like John Cage and Ryuichi Sakamoto. (It's also in English)
SYR 1 - 1997
- Anagrama
- Improvisation Ajoutee
- Tremens
- Mieux: De Corrosion
SYR 2 - 1997
- Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
- Stil
- Herinneringen
SYR 3 - 1998
- Invito Al Cielo
- Hungara Vivo
- Radio-Amataroj
SYR 5 - 2000
- Olive's Horn
- International Spy
- Neu Adult
- Paperbag/Orange Laptop
- Stuck on Gum
- Fried Mushroom
- What Do You Want? (Kim)
- Lemonade
- We Are The Princesses
- Take Me Back
- Take It To The Hit
Sonic Youth is joined by Jim O'Rourke on SYR 3, and his influence is visible by the extended composition lengths as well as the post-rock-esque tone of the album. (This one's not really an EP, it's over an hour long!)
SYR 5 isn't even Sonic Youth proper, it's songwriter/singer/guitarist/bassist Kim Gordon with special guests DJ Olive and Ikue Mori. The language is Japanese, on this one, and the titles above are the ones listed below the characters.